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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
we" 
13 
erly used as 
any t 
contiguous roofs. Th 
framew: = 3 — covered wi 
what w 
20 eee 
d down the middle by an 
ils aid 
commun 
water to each a 
N 
d labour, 
escribing. This plan of housing is att suitable 
ane 
for heifers and quarrelsome ca on) 
anim a yar 
3 wou 
to account for . more 
t 
om the wea rg retains the greater part of the urine, 
der fermentation, it 
and is troddex hin 
; the largest of them occupying three sides 
as a lambing er, There is | parative tris 
hi 
alley 4 feet as, 
that fi 
mal. The 
8 are * adapted for 
and admi 
rea en restricte 
e sur Unless a 
ar e. substance be placed 3 in the bottom 
tre of this 
whole 
sai 
a foot 
thick layer of burnt | 
0 
municate with a d 
rain, When the litter has accumulated 
of 85 liquid, but 
whole. en, as 
1 10 for 
are so poa the s of habit, 
gro most o 
usage 
defective in our ow 
my | 
Wort horn cattle, i it is quite 1 possib 
bias in their favour ; 
mpartially as 
this beliet.. pi ‘think it not * 
d 
U 
me too restricted 
we 
feeder, and inqui 
mich w 7 
. 
wee of cattle ‘Which 1 5 ere heats made be- 
H 
erefor 
E E e Short-horns 
roe iy tented they would oe 
would not trust to ĩt for absorbing the | 
e subject under 
a prejudice in ee 
— own locality, which blinds 0 
3 pe familiar wit! 
at part which re 
ed 
of the 
consider the interest of ko breeder, as well as of the 
q 
efore into it more 
n the yore of the comparative merits of | year’s 
that wee insensibly 
the 
e groun 
t i in igen the 
question. Unless as 
he 
attening 
Devon, 
—a It has long been e that t 
de pro 
ese this aigicalts, = 7 
r 
- | not fattened? We 
an 
brought Amilar Prises, and have even reached as high 
h —.— ‘ie the best breed of cattle for 
Seotland. 
butcher at the age they had ee, ee bange br ot 
Is were begun. Let of th arious 
breeds be started — and tally fed unt ‘hey are 
and the 
2 more 
he 1 = cattle 
cannot be ma rofitable on konar 
there was — 8 — it 
n ing "process 
But it is the capacity in the aes n, 
can be brought to pro 
whi c 
ofitable ma e which removes 
e. profitable on the 
aske 
high-lying or poor as a a 
lean cattle bro 
3 4 8 
e 
the 
ho 
nt year. 
untry Saal at 8/. 
show that this was a chance Pa 1 may mention 
ars t ue 
. 10s. In May and June last, large ro ae 
parts of Roxbur urgh 
the feeders at six-quarter-old, and n our oer markets 
the current pia for such young e 8 has fi 
pos oes a-head. Very larg 
t ar 
m 
the same 
t had consumed; 
tn —— wouid h ——— Is. Or take 
treme example of 1} and 23-year-old cattle, 
the 
with | first place, I shall eder 
during the last 20 — * to what an extent the 
breeding of ero icester rams and Cheviot 
d 0 
7 breeders of 
| established reputation, at prices which induce the latter 
to bre ass animals for this express purpose. 
ed first-class 
- | would fain hope that breeders of cattle will also ‘find out 
the economy of paying more attention to the ig? = 
their stock. Landlords might so e 3 cher 
improvement, and have such a rest to ie 
it, ne * canna ee x from directing 3 to what 
has b ing o veral yea te 
handsome sum of mon ney or prizes to be e 
by his tenantry ; oe having been led to think that pe 
might obta in a more direct way, 
inti timated — his e that he 3 give 80). for 
firs short-horned bull, w kida; 
be available to all his 
m was entrusted the 
Sees 4 
ou 
a e The plan 
e adopted is, to allow 200. ere to the 
e bull ee . r of cows 
nant e be 
to 70, at a charge of 6d, eac 
been purchase 
Marve is alre 
followed with 
d from the good sense 
no * * es e yet * ' 
resent pla rae have a few si on 
ps the be ball pe ‘the bulk of his lot must 
e of in nferior des 0 
rai a sum as, when added to their landlord’s 
gift, ena pera for the purchase of four or five bulls, 
the cuy of ax whole cattle bred on the e — a 
be raised at once, and present a uniform char 
s ng the bulls from differen t herds, sag ‘shifting 
them as occasion Page from one district to another, 
lot might e for 
uld ars, produce 
1 reent in all 0 our he tx of cattle, than 
mg system of ye is likely to do in the course o 
a generation.— Mr. ardgrave, said: In the 
bs ‘the housing of eattle, and in 
doing so I know that on this pani great difference of 
opinion po among practical men; and if we con- 
— the subject, how can it be ies 3 g that 
ch a 2 uncertain pe Paon 
within the distance- 
feeder at th 
same 
and see how the interests of both 
To the breeder the sp of a ee 
ood, attendance, risk, and outlay of capital, is jus 
the ID betwixt a profit and aloss. With the fee ler 
matter stands in point of e 
i 
h then s sored Be 
lead me to Fee pH ranor that 
the arable 8 
Pa | bring x a x eae price per 
which 
han 30s, 
a-h ci eee of the tae cattle | fattened i in the 
piste ‘if th be true, then it follows that without ex- 
83 a farthing more than is done eat present on food, 
eee r quantity rain fa ir 
d much more in the high ‘hat ja the low 22 
While, therefore, one ivi east. 
coast, in a low si 
1 
open — even of conside mer size, caren 
living o the w some more om 
district, 1 may 
ane ought to be kept in 
mited extent 
ast, or 
be equally 3 in 1 that 
n sheds, with courts of a very 
in comparison, or perhaps entirely 
is it will be seen that it is difficult to 
it may safel en as a gen 
all cattle that are fattening ought be dry, 
warm, and comfortable; if th done in the 
74 air, well ai ; if not, they must be kept under 
cover. For 
wide within, with o 
surrounded by dia 65 or 7 feet high, and 
courts divided into 1 “i 12 to 14 feet wide 
cattle of 50 stones: 
ware eg from balls of the best blood would be qui- 
eos edi: f 6d. ice 
bee, Seek soa — “The ou mr of an 
10“. per head on the price of all the 
ea aa to secure this profit. 
ma 
. cost o 
return ean be secured for 
t the ee of cattle 
rns quite out of view. 
been realy for the 
must admi th: 
kept uoe ore in * loose box of oo 10 or 
feet squar > oppoaai 
of solita t to this, but such 
is the fact. y doubtful 
tary Bp cin ber may objec 
t perhaps, eer r 
ways 
very farmer who feeds — . ‘hase 
fora these loose “so es, into one of which he can put 
